Entrance to Chiang Dao cave

Waiting for the train

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August 27th 2005
We left Chiang Mai for a day and a night, but the lure of the Night Bazaar brought us back for one last visit. One new set of t-shirts and trousers later (for Claire and I- we are trying to instil in the children the meaning of austerity and so they are wearing rags and eating from dustbins) and we have booked ourselves on the night train to Bangkok. First class, too, as it was all they had left, ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more